LAS VEGAS –President Obama’s signature education reform initiative is known as “Race to the Top,” which evokes images of state and school district leaders scrambling to outdo each other on their way to better, more effective public schools. Read More »

MADISON, Wis. – A few weeks ago we reported about the growing number of Wisconsin K-12 students who are opting for enrollment in virtual charter schools. We offered that as evidence that the demand for more school choice is growing. Read More »

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – There’s pandering for votes, and then there’s corruption. Craig Ford, the Democratic Minority Leader of the Alabama House of Representatives, has both down to perfection. Read More »

OAKLAND, Calif. –The holidays are still weeks away, but teacher union leaders in two large California school districts are behaving like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas by stopping the development of a high-quality math curriculum that would have benefitted academically challenged elementary and middle school students. Read More »

NEWARK, N.J. – Is it ever enough? That’s what citizens should be asking in Newark, where the teachers are claiming they are subject to “indentured servitude” for being forced to consider an “inhumane” collective bargaining agreement that many consider very union friendly. Read More »

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The presidential election is only days away, but StudentsFirst Founder Michelle Rhee is holding out hope that President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney might still offer specific details about how they would improve the quality of the nation’s teaching corps. Read More »

CHICAGO – The fact that only 11 people showed “for a discussion of the 2012 Chicago Teachers Union strike and what it means for Michigan unions,” could be signal that there may be underwhelming support for the unions’ Proposal 2 on Michigan’s statewide ballot. Read More »

GOSHEN, Ind. – A recently retired school superintendent could have been eligible to receive a $94,000 sick leave payout upon retirement, according to his contract, yet he only walked away with $11,250, and nobody seems to know why. Read More »

NEW YORK – Teacher professional development is expensive for public schools. In many states, laws require teachers to continue to take college graduate classes and earn at least a master’s degree within a certain number of years. Read More »

WASHINGTON D.C. — House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R–WI) made a strong case [Wednesday] for the need to ensure that every child in America has the opportunity to attend a school of choice. “If we want to restore the promise of America,” Ryan stated, “then we must reform our broken public-school system.”Read More »